my microcosm

Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism

Capitalism is a complex, dynamic, and extraordinarily robust way of
organizing human life; it is also a system that achieves prosperity for
the few, impoverishes the many, and depletes the commons for all. We
know that capitalism is a broken system, in desperate need of change.
But, to imagine a different system, we first need to understand how
capitalism actually exists today —and be able to explain to others how
it works, and why change is needed.

Disassembly Required
is an attempt to meet these challenges. It offers an anti-capitalist
analysis of capitalism, and, even more important, it explains why it is
anti-capitalist. It does not stop at claiming that the present way of
organizing the “economic” aspects of our lives is politically
indefensible and ecologically unsustainable, but digs into the details
of capitalist institutions and the economics that justify them. From
money and markets to the subprime crisis, it explains the fundamental
features of contemporary capitalism and how they contribute, sometimes
in surprising ways, to overall capitalist dynamics.

is an attempt to meet these challenges. It offers an anti-capitalist
analysis of capitalism, and, even more important, it explains why it is
anti-capitalist. It does not stop at claiming that the present way of
organizing the “economic” aspects of our lives is politically
indefensible and ecologically unsustainable, but digs into the details
of capitalist institutions and the economics that justify them. From
money and markets to the subprime crisis, it explains the fundamental
features of contemporary capitalism and how they contribute, sometimes
in surprising ways, to overall capitalist dynamics.